Those who fall into error err only through failure to see one of these… — Pensées

Pensées — Blaise Pascal

Those who fall into error err only through failure to see one of these two things. We can then have an excellent knowledge of God without that of our own wretchedness, and of our own wretchedness without that of God. But we cannot know Jesus Christ without knowing at the same time both God and our own wretchedness.

Place: SECTION VIII · ¶1629
License: Public domain · Source
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